Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-30
THE WIRE NAIL.
TWO WHEELING MN INVENT AND TEST
AN ATTACHMENT
Fr N Ordinary Nsl K,etrs, 81 With Means
Wire Nails Gan s Trrrsd Out Upon 1.-THE
InTsntOn Success

Since the wire nail came into such great
prominence and to such a large extent
usurped the position held by the cut nail,
men have been experimenting on eontriv-
anees to place on the ordinary nail machine
90 that wire nails may be manufactured on
them 1t is only in the smaller sizes Of
nails, from Sd down, that the wire nail
has pushed out the eut nail, and very few
smaIl nail machines have been in operation
IN any Of our nail f ctories since the great
nailers' strike, during which the wire nail
secured its great bold.
As before stated number Of expert
menters have been at work upon the At
tachment to make the smaller sizes Of wire
nails, and it was understood that several
had succeeded, but the fact has not been
generally made
KNOWN To THE WORLD.
Had such success been attained, however,
being q matter Of such deep interest
to the cut nail manufacturers. il would
have been spread broadcast only too quick
", and the demand for such tachments
could not have been supplied half fast
enough.
1t was understood several times that our
manufacturers contemplated replacing
small nail machines with machines made
expressly for the man ufacture OF wire nails,
but as this would entail considerable ex
penditure, and there were hopes held out
that an appliance would soon be perfected,
whereby the old machines could be usei
az a comparatively small cost, nothing was
done, although the Belmont company had
three Of Bradfori's wire nail machines
placed in their factory, but they never
amounted to much.
All this time Wheeling man has been
at work on such an attachment ~ is men,
toned above, and if he is able TO manu-
facture such nails as were shown repor-
ter by him, last evening, success with a
big S has crowned his efforts, snd he is a
rich man.
This man is Mr. Hugh Clary, the genial
and efficient machnist OF the Belmont
mill, who has built
HUNDREDS OF NAIL MACHINES
in his day and ought to know something
about them. II is understood that Coun-
Gilman John Gavin, who Is a first class
mailer aud a good machinist, il connected
with Mr. Clary In his experiments.
Mr. CiaTy said last evening that mat
tiers were not in such shape that he could
give any description OF the machine. but
lie is confident they have discovered the
ccutTivance which will perform the work
satisfactorily. The specimen of nail he
showed was a I'd, which, he said, was
manufactured on I'd machine
What would be the cost of pnttiDg on
vOnr attachment?" asked the newspaper
man.
I'VE could, believe supply each ma
chine for about SIS, which is one great ad
vantage OF the attachment. 1t Can be
changed TO make different size in about
the same time required to make change OF
nail on the ordinary nail machine, and it can
he taken oil altogether and the machine he
put in readiness to make cut nails IN
NEARLY THE SAME TINE"
''What IS its capacity"
Well, we can tuIu out nails nearly
twice a. fast az the regular wire nail ma
chine aud probably little faster than the
ordinary CIT nail machine. The attach
ment Of course is self feeding and needs no
one to attend it except TO replenisb the
wire. No; We cannot give description OF
it yet, although there have heen number
of parties TO see it. However, We have the
invention fully protected"
The rail shown the reporter by M.
CaIy looked looked like an ordinary wire
nail, except that the point was probably
little sharper. He said the first one they
succeeded in making was on Saturday last
1t is to be hoped the invention will prove
n big success.